Utkirbek Haydarov is an Uzbekistani boxer

Boxing

Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

 who competed in the light heavyweight (81 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics

2004 Summer Olympics

The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...

 and won the bronze medal.

Career

The aggressive southpaw won the middleweight world title six years earlier in Houston

1999 World Amateur Boxing Championships

The Men's 1999 World Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Houston, United States from August 15 to August 29. The tenth edition of this competition, a year before the Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, was organised by the world governing body for amateur boxing AIBA.- Medal winners :-...

 but lost his first match at the Olympics 2000 and moved up in weight.

He qualified for the 2004 Athens Games by ending up in first place in the 2nd AIBA Asian 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament

2nd AIBA Asian 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament

The 2nd AIBA Asian 2004 Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament was held in Karachi, Pakistan from May 6 to May 12, 2004. Also known as the Green Hill Tournament it was the penultimate opportunity for Asian amateur boxers to qualify for the 2004 Summer Olympics after the 2004 Asian Amateur Boxing...

 in Karachi, Pakistan. In the final he defeated Turkmenistan's Shokhrat Kurbanov. At light heavyweight he also won the bronze medal at the 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships

2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships

The Men's 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Mianyang, People's Republic of China from November 13 to November 20. The competition was organised by the world's governing body for amateur boxing AIBA.- Medal winners :- Medal table :...

 in Mianyang

Mianyang

Mianyang is the second largest prefecture-level city of Sichuan province in Southwest China. Its administrative area includes the city proper of Mianyang, with 985,586 inhabitants in the built up area , the county-level city of Jiangyou, and six counties, covering an area of over and a population...

, People's Republic of China

People's Republic of China

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 after having

Olympic results

2000 (as a middleweight)

• Lost to Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov
  Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov
  Gaydarbek Abdulovich Gaydarbekov is a Russian boxer who has won two Olympic medals in Middleweight. He qualified for the Athens Olympics by winning the 2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Pula, Croatia....
  
   (Russia) 10-11

2004 (as a Light heavyweight)

• Defeated Isaac Ekpo
  Isaac Ekpo
  Isaac Ekpo is a Nigerian boxer.-Career:In 2004, Ekpo was a member of the Nigerian Olympic team, and was defeated in the first round by Utkirbek Haydarov from Uzbekistan.-References:...
  
   (Nigeria) 21-11
• Defeated Abdelhani Kensi
  Abdelhani Kensi
  Abdel Hani Kenzi is a boxer from Algeria.-Career:Kenzi participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native North African country. There, he was stopped in the second round of the Light heavyweight division by Uzbekistan's eventual bronze medalist, Utkirbek Haydarov...
  
   (Algeria) 31-19
• Defeated Ihsan Yildirim Tarhan (Turkey) 16-11
• Lost to Andre Ward
  Andre Ward
  Andre Ward is an American professional boxer and the current WBA super middleweight champion.Currently, Ward is rated among the best pound-for-pound boxers in the world. He is rated #6, #7 and #10 by Yahoo! Sports, Sports Illustrated, and The Ring...
  
  (United States) 15-17